Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.

Proverbs chapter 10, verse 19, says when words are many,

transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.

This verse is a clear exhortation to watch our words,

including how often we speak or how quickly we speak. When words are many transgression is not

lacking, when we are speaking many words and we're not thinking about what we're saying,

I mean, how often do we do this? We just start talking without really thinking through our words,

or we react to something in a way that quickly leads to sin, or at least leads to speaking in a way

that doesn't build others up.

But verse 19 says,

whoever restrains his lips is prudent.

There's wisdom that's found in thinking before we speak.

Because so often we can speak quickly, harshly,

rashly, in circumstances where we just need to be silent.

So, God, we pray today that you would help us to watch our words.

I think about my family.

I think about the people I work with.

I think about the people I interact with and just day-to-day routines of life. I think about all those kind of people in the men and women who

are listening to this right now. Oh God, in our lives today, help us to be wise with our words.

Help us to not speak many words in a way that leads to sin,

in a way that leads to transgression.

Guard us, we pray, from harsh speaking, from rash speaking.

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